James Moore

James Moore (1737-15 April 1777) was a Brigadier-General of the Continental Army from North Carolina during the American Revolutionary War, famous for his victory at the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in 1776.

Biography
James Moore was born in 1737 in New Hanover County (present-day Rocky Point, Pender County), North Carolina, and he served in the colonial militia during the French and Indian War before commanding Governor William Tryon's militia at the Battle of Alamance in 1771 during the War of the Regulation. Despite being a supporter of the colonial government earlier in the 1770s, he would join the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, assisting in organizing the Provincial Congress before being given command of the 1st North Carolina Regiment. On 27 February 1776, Moore was victorious at the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, and he was known as a competent commander, being promoted to Brigadier-General; his death of illness in 1777 cut short his tenure as de facto commander of the Southern Department.